And it’s worth remembering that they are Alinskyites. To them, winning is the only important thing. Everything else is disposable for the interests of the cause.

I am reminded of two quotes. One was an exchange between Thomas Sowell and Milton Friedman, when Sowell was still a communist. The two argued, and Friedman put forth the idea that what if Sowell’s then-communist ideas won. “What then?” It was one of the seeds of doubt that eventually led Sowell to understand Friedman’s wisdom, and become a wise man himself – after he learned firsthand by working in incompetent government.

The other quote I am reminded of is a profile of Megatron in the back of a Transformer comic book: “All is fodder.”